Hotel operator Marriott International is to launch a new concept budget hotel in Aberdeen in partnership with IKEA's property division.

The 60,000 sq ft building is proposed on a plot at ABZ Business Park adjacent to Aberdeen International Airport.

The 200-room Inter IKEA-backed hotel will be a three-star offering under Marriott's Moxy Hotels economy brand.

Marriott International is partnering with Inter IKEA Property Division’s Inter Hospitality Holding to roll out the Moxy Hotels brand, with the first of the new hotel format expected to open in Milan, Munich, Berlin, Frankfurt and Oslo.

ABZ Business Park in Aberdeen has now been confirmed as one of the first proposed UK sites for this new format.

As well as the ABZ site in Aberdeen, sites at Stratford and London Royal Docks also being considered for potential Moxy developments.

ABZ Development Ltd and Inter Hospitality Holding have issued a Proposal for Application Notice and are expected to submit a planning application to Aberdeen City Council by mid-May.

Work on the £15 million development is expected to begin immediately on planning approval, with completion pencilled for early 2016.

ABZ Development director, Paul Stevenson, said the development proposal is “good news” for Aberdeen.

He said: “Aberdeen suffers from a well-documented imbalance of hotel beds available for the thousands of international visitors who do business in our city.

“The prospect of hosting a Moxy hotel on our ABZ Business Park is tremendous news and not only goes some way to addressing the beds deficit but adds a distinctive new dimension to Aberdeen’s hotel offering.

“The Moxy brand is aimed at younger, value-conscious but technologically astute travellers and we are delighted Marriott and Inter Hospitality have chosen to locate one of the first UK hotels in Aberdeen.

“With a £13 million redevelopment of the airport terminal underway and passenger numbers forecast to grow by 20 per cent over the next six years, we are doing our part to ensure that accommodation standards meet the ambitions of Aberdeen Airport and befit the city’s position as Europe’s oil capital.”

The Moxy Hotel will be the third hotel located at the ABZ Business Park.

Dominvs Group, which recently acquired a plot from ABZ at International Gate, is currently seeking changes to the existing planning permission for a 140-bedroom 4-star and a 130-bedroom 3-star offering under the Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express brands.